Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 10:51:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul W Brannan <pbranna AT CLEMSON DOT EDU>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: re: Re: some problems 
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> I realize it's way too late to ask this, but ... why duplicate Microsoft's
> funky LFN disk storage?  It's a *bad* standard, and incompatible with
> low-level disk utilities, including Microsoft's own 6.2x DEFRAG and
> SCANDISK.  Why not emulate the Microsoft Long FileName API, but store the
> long filenames in some sensible way, similar to say a 4DOS DESCRIPT.ION
> file?  Would maintain compatibility with the DR DOS passwords, among other
> things.

What happens when you copy the files to diskette and take them to a Win95
machine?

Paul